peter sharp joins us now from the russian capitol. what more can you tell us about this? >> well, i can talk about the weather. the we think was rain and snow and the pilot attempted three times to land at kazan. and kept going around and kept going around and finally, put the aircraft down and witnesses there said it exploded on impacting. there were 44 passengers, six crew. >> that's 50 people on board. the aircraft when it -- when it came down. basically, there is now an inquiry underway by the emergencies minister. the regional airline safety racket is very, very poor. there was a very bad crash last year and the year before that. the average, the average in terms of fatalities on these routes is three times the world average so there local be investigations. >> peter sharp, live for us in moscow. peter, thank you. >> now, there have been protests in the netherlands over a christmas festival. it's around the dutch equivalent of santiago a clause. it's his assistant named black pete that has critics seeing red. more now from amsterdam. >> black pete may be controversia